WED Landforms

Sand dunes are formed by

• Rain

• Tornadoes

• Earthquakes

• Wind and Deposition

silt, sand, gravel, and other rock fragments

• Sediments

• fossils

• contaminants

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Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was

most likely formed by a glacier?

• a mountain

• water

• a wide u-shaped valled

• a canyon

A delta

• forms quickly

• Is formed by weathering

• Is formed by deposition of sediments

• Is formed by ice

The San Andreas Fault line causes

• volcanic eruptions

• canyons

• deltas

• Earthquakes

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Canyons, caves, and deltas are similar in that both form

• high in the tallest mountains

• due to the action of moving water

• where lots of sediments collect

• in and around active volcanoes.

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a u- shaped valley was most likely formed by —

• flooding

• a hurricane

• a volcanic eruption

• a glacier

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A rapid change is -

• A valley getting deeper as a river runs through it

• A mountain forming due to volcanic eruptions

• A cave forming as water erodes limestone and deposits minerals

• A canyon being carved out by the force of a river

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The ring of fire is

• a song by Beiber

• an area of volcanic activity

• an area that floods

• caused by landslides

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Weathering is

• just like climate

• The breaking down of rock

• The carrying away of rock

• current conditions outside

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